By Sarah KuperThe Alabama legislative session started this month and legislators are hopeful it will be more productive and less frustrating than the regular and special sessions in 2015. Over the Mountain state Rep. David Faulkner, R-Mountain Brook, is headed into his second year in the House. Representing parts of Homewood, Mountain Brook, Hoover and Vestavia Hills, … [Read more...]
Welcome Back: Oakmont Resumes Services as Trinity West Homewood
By Emily Williams The buzzing and whirring emanating from the former Oakmont Methodist Church are the collective sounds of the finishing touches being put on the newly refurbished and renamed Trinity West Homewood campus. Last year, Trinity United Methodist Church and Oakmont unanimously voted to merge the two congregations and now identify respectively as the Oxmoor campus … [Read more...]
Renew the Zoo: Zoo Reaches 85 Percent of Its $18 Million Goal for Construction
By Sarah Kuper Elephant-sized trucks are moving mounds of dirt as work begins on the new entrance to the Birmingham Zoo and the Asian Passage exhibit. By 2018, zoo patrons will enter through a two-story, windowed welcome center and step onto a plaza with interactive exhibits and a water feature. From there, guests will follow a trail connecting to all zoo exhibits. An open … [Read more...]
I-20/59 Expansion Under Fire: Birmingham Business Community Keeps Pushing Against ALDOT Plans
By Sarah Kuper Downtown Birmingham has many prominent features and landmarks. The recently renovated Lyric Fine Arts Theatre, the Birmingham Museum of Art and the McWane Science Center are just a few attractions drawing people in. But there is one feature many area business leaders find worrisome: the Interstate 20/59 corridor cutting through downtown. The Alabama … [Read more...]
Mega-Sports Complex: 120-Acre Development Near the Hoover Met Would Draw Events and Feed the Economy
120-Acre Development Near the Hoover Met Would Draw Events and Feed the Economy By William C. Singleton III The proposed $70 million Hoover Sports Complex won’t be nearly as grand as the “Wide World of Sports” complex at Disney World in Orlando.But the idea of attracting youth sporting events and teams nationwide like Disney does with its sports complex has city, … [Read more...]